Who cares if it does, Eberle is the best player in the deal, and should command a decent return. If you're included a top-end defensive prospect as well, that's the price. It cost the Oilers Nothing to Keep these players, but it will cost them alot to sell them short.

He's maybe the most offensively skilled player in the trade but he also has the highest price tag. On a team overloaded with offensively skilled players in the top 6, it sure doesn't translate to offense. It costs the Oilers nothing? Not getting more established players to help facilitate the plethora of young players we have and would still have without Eberle, is what costs this team greatly. We can't continue making young players play in roles over their heads, especially with our crop of young defenseman coming along.

Not saying that is the best package we'll receive if we make a package of Eberle+Marincin/Klefbom available but failing to explore trades that will improve this team's weaknesses is bad management.

adding eberle and klefbom gives them anoher scoring threat to play with Giroux signed long term and a defensive prospect that is better than any they currently have.

losing simmonds and coburn saves them about $3.5M (Klef/SC salaries wash). Which gives them more room to go hard after a Girardi in the offseason

Don't you think the Flyers would prefer to use the money they will have with Timonen and Meszaros coming off the books for Girardi, than try and save a couple million by trading their top minute eating defenseman, one of the better PWF's in the game, and a promising defensive center with some skill for a top liner who provides only offense and a promising defensive prospect?

I wonder if Mac T would contemplate getting involved between Tampa Bay and NYR to have a 3-way trade where St. Louis would end up in NYR.

I was just thinking the same thing. Something where Gagner and a good prospect ends up in Tbay, Hemmer and St. Louis end up in NY, and we get Callahan from NY and a pick from Tbay. If anyone will have an opportunity to do a deal with Slats, it should be MacT.

I was just thinking the same thing. Something where Gagner and a good prospect ends up in Tbay, Hemmer and St. Louis end up in NY, and we get Callahan from NY and a pick from Tbay. If anyone will have an opportunity to do a deal with Slats, it should be MacT.

Wouldn't Callahan be our next Horcoff? He apparently wants 7M+ right now.

Clarkson was almost our next Horcoff, lets make sure Callahan doesn't take his place

Hemsky is not going to resign here to play on the 3rd line.
Buf is not the answer as a dman as he is terrible at playing defense and his fitness level is not what Eakins wants.
If you are going to offer sheet him you do it for more than one year